<p>You might want to take a look at this page on the Oswego website, as well as the links provided:</p>
<p>[SUNY</a> Oswego - Pre-Med Studies](<a href=“http://www.oswego.edu/academics/colleges_and_departments/departments/interdisciplinary/premed/index.html]SUNY”>http://www.oswego.edu/academics/colleges_and_departments/departments/interdisciplinary/premed/index.html)</p>
<p>You can certainly get to medical school from Oswego, although the two universities you mentioned, along with Geneseo, may well have a better history of placing their top graduates into medical school. And, as Oswego says, you don’t need to major in one of the sciences to get into med school, that is merely the most common route. What you want to do is earn top grades in whatever your major, establish a strong relationship with professors who have a good track record of assisting students they recommend into med school, earn strong MCAT scores and make sure you take the required undergrad courses for med school (i.e. Organic Chemistry, General Biology, Calculus). </p>
<p>I also agree with wdrmhbs – check out Stony Brook for yourself. You might end up with a different impression that the one you have heard about.</p>